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RE: Alternative "character entity" proposal

• To: "Alessandro Triglia" <sandro@m...>,"Richard Tobin" <richard@c...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Alternative "character entity" proposal
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:14:38 -0700
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• Thread-topic: Alternative "character entity" proposal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Triglia [mailto:sandro@m...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:05 AM
> To: 'Richard Tobin'; xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE:  Alternative "character entity" proposal
> 

> I see some merit in this proposal and in others.  However, I 
> am still unconvinced that XML 1.0 is broken in this area.  I 
> still believe the entire issue should be addressed at the 
> software level:
> 
> 1) smarter editors/viewers could use smarter input methods 
> and visualization methods

<snip /> 

> And, once I use a smarter editor, the problems disappear.

I agree completely. If Notepad.exe that comes free on every Windows box
can edit "funny" characters directly I see no reason why people can't
simply use an editor that doesn't [expletive deleted] instead of pushing complexity and
additional burdens on the rest of the XML world. 

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